Topic: Random thoughts (Read 625328 times)

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #3250 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 10:44 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 23 Oct 2013, 09:54

So I just had someone on another forum actively try to convince us all that WW2 was because the Nazi leadership was gay. Therefore gays are evil.

Or something.

I.. just... I mean. wat?

In before Akima, who will point out with absolute correctness that WW2 started before the Nazis invaded anything.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3251 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 11:16 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Oct 2013, 10:07

Is preferring a specific ethnicity that is not your own any worse than preferring your own ethnicity?

No, I don't think so - but marrying someone you've never met based entirely on the fact that they're a member of an ethnicity you think is "exotic" is problematic in a huge number of ways. Obviously there are issues with the concept of a mail-order bride that have nothing to do with ethnicity but it's a factor.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3252 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 11:20 »

Well of course, I don't dispute that. I just wanted to make sure that your talk of people who "fetishise ethnicities" wasn't referring to anyone who happened to have a preference. (I don't, but I don't think it's inherently bad to)

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3253 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 11:22 »

I wouldn't consider myself to have a preference, but I have never been attracted to anyone who wasn't white. Then again, I can count on my fingers the number of non-white people I actually know more than superficially, although now that I've moved to a city with actual diversity that is changing.

LeeC · « **Reply #3254 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 11:36 »

Preferences doesn't necessarily mean requirements. For example I am attracted to blonde women, but that doesn't mean I will only date blonde women. Though I have met people who do think preferences = requirements.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3255 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 12:16 »

I am attracted to redheads, preferably with bladed weapons.

So I suppose really I'm attracted to Red Sonja. :p

Haven't we recently had this conversation else where? It seems very familiar.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3256 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 12:25 »

Redhead isn't an ethnicity, but maybe.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #3257 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 12:27 »

Quote from: LeeC on 23 Oct 2013, 11:36

Preferences doesn't necessarily mean requirements. For example I am attracted to blonde women, but that doesn't mean I will only date blonde women. Though I have met people who do think preferences = requirements.

funnily enough, hairwise i can be attracted to anyone except blondes

Masterpiece · « **Reply #3258 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 13:16 »

Random thought: Today I took off my sweaty pants, and as I did, my head started singing "takes my breath awaaaaaay"

dafuq brain

LeeC · « **Reply #3259 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 22:46 »

ended up helping that girl from my work. The hard drive is busted. If I had a clean room I could fix it properly.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #3260 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 23:01 »

Open-heart surgery on a hard drive is not a common skill!

You've tried all the folk remedies like putting it in the freezer?

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3261 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 01:44 »

Thief caught carrying stillborn baby.

... what the FUCK?

mtmerrick · « **Reply #3262 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 07:12 »

You posted this in the wrong topic.

definitely fits the theme of Real Or Onion

LeeC · « **Reply #3263 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 07:21 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 23 Oct 2013, 23:01

Open-heart surgery on a hard drive is not a common skill!

You've tried all the folk remedies like putting it in the freezer?

the freezer thing wouldnt help with this. Or at least I dont think it would make the heads or bearing unstuck. I mean I could open it and fix it in a jiffy but any bit of dust getting in there is bad news bears.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3264 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 07:23 »

Go to a university and use one of their ISO boxes.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3265 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 07:24 »

In our lab we sometimes take apart old hard drives and use the voice coil to make a laser shutter. Not that that would help you with your situation, though.

94ssd · « **Reply #3266 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 08:28 »

We should go back to having button flies. Zippers break too easily. Sure, buttons pop off too, but sewing a button back on is pretty simple. If the metal teeth going flying off the zipper of your favorite pair of jeans, well that's just too damn bad isn't it?

cesium133 · « **Reply #3267 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 08:33 »

I just noticed my title thingy became "Scrabble Hacker". I wonder if I should change my avatar to a picture of me chopping up a Scrabble board with an ax or something?

pwhodges · « **Reply #3268 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 09:16 »

Quote from: 94ssd on 24 Oct 2013, 08:28

We should go back to having button flies.

The jeans I'm wearing have button flies - do you have difficulty finding them?

94ssd · « **Reply #3269 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 09:18 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 24 Oct 2013, 09:16

Quote from: 94ssd on 24 Oct 2013, 08:28
We should go back to having button flies.

The jeans I'm wearing have button flies - do you have difficulty finding them?

Never in my life have I seen a store selling jeans with button flies. I've seen dress pants with them however.

pwhodges · « **Reply #3270 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 09:20 »

Really? The ultimate classic, Levi's 501 for a start.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #3271 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 09:37 »

Quote from: 94ssd on 24 Oct 2013, 08:28

We should go back to having button flies. Zippers break too easily. Sure, buttons pop off too, but sewing a button back on is pretty simple. If the metal teeth going flying off the zipper of your favorite pair of jeans, well that's just too damn bad isn't it?

Oh god no button flies are the worst.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3272 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 09:48 »

My uniform trousers (except for dress uniforms) all had button flies. Not bad. Zippers are easier though.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3273 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 16:02 »

"This point fits the purve curfectly."

The speech lessons I was forced to take as a kid have clearly had no effect...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3274 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 16:05 »

What's weird is I didn't notice the error until I saw the second sentence, Professor Spooner.

mtmerrick · « **Reply #3275 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 16:20 »

i read it as "curpe perfectly"

cesium133 · « **Reply #3276 on:** 24 Oct 2013, 16:28 »

My advisor may have been wondering why I was talking about pervs...

94ssd · « **Reply #3277 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 05:57 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 24 Oct 2013, 16:28

My advisor may have been wondering why I was talking about pervs...

"A Freudian slip is when you say something by mistake that gives away what you were really wanking about." - Ricky Gervais.

My random thought is about the way we acclimate/adapt to colder temperatures. I go to school in the mountains. After 2 weeks of 60+ highs, right now it's 30F and sleeting. The high for today is 35. In the grand scheme of winter weather, it's not that cold, but it feels damn cold. People, including me, are bundled up tight, and the wind makes your face go numb. Yesterday the high was around 40 and it still felt quite cold. The day before when the temps dropped to around 50 is when everyone pulled out the jackets started complaining about the cold.

Last winter, there was this really random day in January (after it had snowed all month) where the high was about 50. People were so excited that they went out in shorts and tank tops. If anyone did that on the 50 degree day we had a couple days ago, they would probably have been transported to the nearest psychiatric hospital.

Metope · « **Reply #3278 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 06:03 »

That is pretty funny. If you go to Oslo, Norway around April/May, you'll see the natives sunbathing in nothing more than swimwear in parks, in 15C/60F weather, while tourists from warmer countries are bundled up in massive winter coats. It's a really strange sight.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3279 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 06:05 »

Living in this part of the country has completely destroyed my resistance to cold weather. I remember back when I was in college in Pennsylvania, I'd be wearing shorts whenever it was above freezing (and a few times when it was below freezing...). But now if it's below 60F I don't even go outside without a jacket on.

Metope · « **Reply #3280 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 06:12 »

I'm just a wuss, even thought I grew up where -20C/-4F isn't uncommon in winter, and I've experienced -40C/F a few times, I never go outside without a jacket if it's below 15C/60F either. I get cold very quickly.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3281 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 06:17 »

Cold sucks. I used to be fairly tough, but between living in Florida and Arizona (80 degree winters baby! ...but 140 degree summers) and almost dying of hypothermia while I was in SERE -50F (+ Wind Chill) = Suuuuuck.

So as I desperately dive for my buffalo jacket (aka my polypro), I leave you with... Momma Dog.

Three days with no sleep leaves you a little... off.

Carl-E · « **Reply #3282 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 07:57 »

Well.

Was he on guard duty?

Was he guarding anything important?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3283 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 08:03 »

He was, that's a watch post in the sand box somewhere.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #3284 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 10:40 »

Quote from: 94ssd on 25 Oct 2013, 05:57

"A Freudian slip is when you say something by mistake that gives away what you were really wanking about." - Ricky Gervais.

Q: How many Freudian analysts does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: Two. One to change the bulb, the other to hold his penis.

LADDER! I MEANT LADDER!

mtmerrick · « **Reply #3285 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 10:48 »

>_> I'll be dropping off the forum for a few days.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3286 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 10:52 »

Not a bad idea. Come back whenever you're ready and have a great weekend!

Loki · « **Reply #3287 on:** 25 Oct 2013, 17:05 »

We'll be happy to see you back, Matthew

LeeC · « **Reply #3288 on:** 26 Oct 2013, 19:12 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 25 Oct 2013, 06:17

Cold sucks. I used to be fairly tough, but between living in Florida and Arizona (80 degree winters baby! ...but 140 degree summers) and almost dying of hypothermia while I was in SERE -50F (+ Wind Chill) = Suuuuuck.

So as I desperately dive for my buffalo jacket (aka my polypro), I leave you with... Momma Dog.

Three days with no sleep leaves you a little... off.

this is precisely why the soldiers in WWI wrote stories, memoirs, and books.

tried boo-berry today. meh.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3289 on:** 26 Oct 2013, 19:51 »

cesium133 · « **Reply #3290 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 00:12 »

I just rewatched "Real Genius" and now I want popcorn.

LTK · « **Reply #3291 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 12:21 »

Random thought: You could make yourself undetectable to DNA tests by infecting yourself with a retrovirus that inserts or deletes a few of your short tandem repeats, if there is DNA evidence implicating you in a crime.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3292 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 12:52 »

Yeah, but then they'd know to look for the guy with the unreadable DNA.

Loki · « **Reply #3293 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 13:11 »

Infect everybody with the virus.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3294 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 13:31 »

Nah, that sounds like a Dan Brown novel.

LTK · « **Reply #3295 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 13:43 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 27 Oct 2013, 12:52

Yeah, but then they'd know to look for the guy with the unreadable DNA.

Not if they find your original, unmodified DNA. If they find your new DNA, just make a new virus!

Also, it won't be unreadable because they identify you by how many repeats are in your SRTs. Splicing repeats in or out won't make it look like modified DNA.

Quote from: Loki on 27 Oct 2013, 13:11

Infect everybody with the virus.

That would have no discernible effect in everyday life, but if everyone in the world suddenly gained a few repeats in their DNA, it would confuse the shit out of every forensic geneticist.

Loki · « **Reply #3296 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 14:53 »

Quote from: LTK on 27 Oct 2013, 13:43

it would confuse the shit out of every forensic geneticist.

Which... sounds exactly like what I need?

Patrick · « **Reply #3297 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 16:42 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 27 Oct 2013, 13:31

Nah, that sounds like a Dan Brown novel.

actually, wasn't that a major plot point in one of the Ender sequels?

cesium133 · « **Reply #3298 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 16:48 »

I seem to vaguely remember that in one of the books (I think it was "Children of the Mind").

edit -- it was actually "Xenocide", although they found the cure for it in "Children of the Mind", if I understood the Wikipedia article correctly. Also, there's apparently a new prequel I didn't know about.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3299 on:** 27 Oct 2013, 20:14 »

I couldn't finish Xenocide. It was so fucking bad.

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